CVE-2026-43069

Name	CVE-2026-43069
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_ll: Fix firmware leak on error path Smatch reports: drivers/bluetooth/hci_ll.c:587 download_firmware() warn: 'fw' from request_firmware() not released on lines: 544. In download_firmware(), if request_firmware() succeeds but the returned firmware content is invalid (no data or zero size), the function returns without releasing the firmware, resulting in a resource leak. Fix this by calling release_firmware() before returning when request_firmware() succeeded but the firmware content is invalid.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.251-3	vulnerable
	bookworm	6.1.159-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.170-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.73-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.85-1	fixed
	forky	6.19.14-1	fixed
	sid	7.0.3-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.170-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.85-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.19.11-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/31148a7be723aa9f2e8fbd62424825ab8d577973 (7.0-rc6)